So Boston College has whacked basketball coach Al Skinner. In and of itself, that's not shocking. Coaches get fired for losing too many games all the time.
What's amazing about this story is that it lived underground for nearly a week. Gene DiFilippo, the athletics director, confirmed this morning that he and Skinner agreed to part ways last Wednesday and that all parties agreed to keep the dismissal hush-hush so that the coach could pursue the St. John's job without being dogged about BC. (If he had accepted the job and if word of his termination has gotten out, he would have been off to an impossible start on his new job.)
Staff reductions in mainstream media may have contributed to the story's secrecy. Blah. Blah. Blah. I get that. What's odd -- and somewhat encouraging -- is that the unlicensed, unfettered world of Twitter didn't let loose with some form of unsubstantiated gossip on the topic sooner. After all, BC says it began contacting other schools regarding Skinner's replacement last week. You'd think that somebody at some school would have blabbed to their teenage kid, who then posted the news on some social-networking site.
Top-secret stuff can have a lifespan of a fruit fly in many cases.
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